LEAFLET SWAP SHOP - 12th March Armadale Castle & Gardens

Every season, at this time of year, hundreds of us get into our cars and spend hours and hours driving quite literally thousands of miles delivering our leaflets and promotional literature to as many different locations as possible.

To make things easier this year the Skye & Lochalsh Tourism Forum is organising a "Leaflet Swap Shop" where we will all be able to get together under one roof and exchange these leaflets, and collect a selection from our other tourism colleagues for visitors to our own premises.

The event will take place on the afternoon of Thursday 12th of March at Armadale Castle & Gardens, where you will be able to meet other tourist operators and exchange views over a glass of wine and some local cheese. Tours of Armadale will also be available for those that are interested.

If you are interested in bringing along your leaflets to share with others, and thereby avoid having to do the seasonal trail, please register your interest here as soon as possible.

I will certainly be attending the leaflet swap on the 12th March and hopefully, I can assist your members with their leaflet deliveries. For the past couple of years, I have delivered leaflets and booklets around the island for a number of organisations including Skye & Lochalsh Arts & Crafts Association (SLACA), Visit Waternish, Skyeskyns & Bella Jane Boat trips (to name a few). I deliver to all the hotels and the majority of B&Bs in Skye & Lochalsh as well as some retail sites and tourist locations. In total, I have a list of almost 200 sites that I deliver to during the season (and this list is growing all the time).

As David has rightly said, it makes no sense for individual businesses to spend time (and petrol!) chasing around the island delivering leaflets when I can provide this service for you. I'll look forward to meeting other tourist businesses on the 12th but in the meantime, if you would like to know more details of my delivery service, feel free to call me on 01470 592301 or by e-mail at madeinskye@btinternet.com